11.06.2008 - The Labour Market Board commences information days for the people to be made redundant from RMK 05.10

The Labour Market Board, in cooperation with the State Forest
Management Centre (RMK), will organise 6 information days across
Estonia for those people who will be made redundant from RMK. RMK,
which will transfer to a new administration on 1 July, will make 150
administrative workers, all across Estonia, redundant.

The career advisers and consultants of the Labour Market Board will
advise the people to be made redundant from RMK, provide information on
available job positions and introduce the possibilities for in-service
training and retraining offered by the state.

The information days of the Labour Market Day will be held:
in the office of the RMK North-West Region in Rapla on Wednesday, 11 June at 11.00;
in the office of the RMK South-East Region in Räpina on Wednesday, 11 June at 12.00;
in the office of the RMK South-West Region at Paikuse on Thursday, 12 June at 11.00;
in the office of the RMK Kihelkonna forest district in Saare County on Thursday, 12 June at 11.00;
in the office of the agency of the Labour Market Board in Hiiu County on Thursday, 12 June at 11.00;
in the office of the RMK North-East Region in Sõmermu;
on Monday, 16 June at 11.00, the East-Viru County agency of the Labour Market Board;
on Monday, 16 June at 13.00, the West-Viru County agency of the Labour Market Board.

The Managing Director of the Labour Market Board, Tiina Ormisson, said
that the cooperation between the company and the Labour Market Board
provides support for both the persons made redundant and the party
making them redundant – it is our job to be the mediator of work and,
if necessary, the advisor for parties.

”We provide diverse help and support to those employees who are leaving
RMK due to the reorganisation, so that everyone would find a new job as
quickly as possible,” said Aigar Kallas, Chairman of Management Board
of RMK.

In addition to the information days of the Labour Market Board, an
information day was held in May on the job opportunities provided in
private forestry. RMK provides several retraining possibilities for its
employees; currently, the first 12-member group of harvester operators
is studying at Luua Forestry School. Also, the future forest rangers of
RMK and the trip managers to be working as partners of RMK will be
provided retraining.

RMK, the manager of the state forest, is a profit-making state agency
established under the Forestry Act, the main objective of which is the
sustainable and efficient management of the state forest:
reforestation, growing and use of forest, and organisation of forest
protection. RMK organises game upkeep in the state forest and ensures
the use of forest related to every man’s right. RMK manages about 40%
of the Estonian forests.